Re: Lighting up my Pumkin orange (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:24:08 -0500
From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Lighting up my Pumkin orange (fwd)



Another great trick is to imbed some small plastic delrin rod in the pumpkin 
with a needle thru the center of the delrin rod.  You can attach the HV wire 
inside to the needles and the sparks emit off the needle points on the 
outside --- not on the actual pumpkin itself.  Hot glue is affix the needle 
inside the delrin rod.

In this manner you can run your pumpkin for hours and it won't burn up 
because the sparks are actually coming off the needles not the pumpkins.

Leave the needle points stick out only 1/8th inch beyond the outside of the 
pumpkin --- from a distance it will appear the sparks are coming off the 
pumpkin itself.

We usually embed 6-10 needles in our pumpkins.  I leave the needle extend 
1/2 inch on the delrin on the inside so I can solder some GTO silicone wire 
directly to the needle.  Use 1/4 inch delrin rod stock with the needle 
extending all the way thru the delrin.

This can be done to make great sparks from pumpkins, gords, even clothes 
dressed up, ie, halloween type customes set on a stand like a scare-crow 
effect.

Hope this idea provides fun for you Halloween Tesla coil experimenters!

Dr. Resonance



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> over. It looks bad but it was repaired and up and running the next day.
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>>From: Stan <wsmg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Re: Lighting up my Pumkin orange (fwd)
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>>I have these of the pumpkin running on Mike Hardy's 6" coil. I can't
>>find my close ups, the only ones I have are on my home computer that is
>>not running so well right now. Goto the link then click on pictures to
>>the left. I'll post more when I find them.
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>>http://www.ispdial.com/SkyXPRess_net/MyHomePage/config.cfm?kName=wsmg
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>>Hope this works,
>>Stan
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>>>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:44:51 -0500
>>>From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Subject: Re: Lighting up my Pumkin orange (fwd)
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>>>Try two pumpkins on insulated stands with arcs between them.  Very
>>>interesting effect.
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>>>>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:39:50 -0500
>>>>From: Stan <wsmg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Subject: Lighting up my Pumkin orange
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>>>>Hey everyone,
>>>>I have a carving pumpkin(fleet farm) that I taped up with alum. tape
>>>>and made eyes, ears, nose, and teeth that are breakout points. "pretty
>>>>cool, the neighbors like it" I coated it with salt trying to get it to
>>>>glow orange, but it doesn't glow. Places that the saltwater got on like
>>>>the feed wire will light up a very bright orange. It will throw arcs a
>>>>couple feet off the ears, eyes and nose and the teeth do little arcs
>>>>that help it look like a mouth. Any ideas?  I'll post some pics of it if
>>>>any body is interested.
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